Microphone device for installation in a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9308874-B2
Application number	US-201314427734-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 9, 2013
Priority date	Sep 12, 2012
Publication date	Apr 12, 2016
Grant date	Apr 12, 2016

Abstract

A microphone device for an automobile has a microphone capsule for detecting ambient noise and a housing in which the microphone capsule is arranged. The microphone device is intended to have a small installation depth and to be capable of being easily installed in an automobile. An electrical connection interface which includes externally accessible connection contacts for making electrical contact with the microphone capsule located in the housing, is provided in the microphone device. The connection contacts are integrated into a mechanical plugging apparatus for plugging together with a complementary plugging part of an electronic device of the automobile. The connection interface of the microphone device is configured in a cableless fashion here in that the plugging apparatus is embodied as a part of the housing.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A microphone device for an automobile, comprising:
a microphone capsule to detect ambient noise;
a housing to secure the microphone capsule, the microphone capsule being positioned within the housing, the housing comprising:
at least two housing shells; and
a securing element which at least partially surrounds the housing shells, the housing shells being plugged into the securing element so that the securing element holds together the housing shel…

Assignees

• Audi Ag

Inventors

• Barna Klaus-Dieter

Classifications

• B60R11/02 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• H04R1/083 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04R2499/13

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04R1/04

  Electricity · mapped topic